| 词汇 | stonewalling |
| 释义 | stonewalling present participle ofstonewall stonewall verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈstəʊn.wɔːl/ us /ˈstoʊn.wɑːl/ to stop a discussion from developing by refusing to answer questions or by talking in such a way that you prevent other people from giving their opinions: （以拒绝回答问题或阻止他人发表意见等方式）阻碍（议事），（为）（讨论）设置障碍 The interviewer accused the minister of stonewalling on the issue of tax increases.采访者指责部长闭口不谈增加税收的问题。 Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably bottleneck derail fireproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusive prejudice prevent preventable preventative scuttle smother Examples of stonewallingstonewalling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The stonewalling subscale assesses an individual's refusal to work together with a partner toward conflict resolution. Because of the severity of conflict associated with problem drinking, stonewalling (emotional disengagement, withdrawal from the relationship) may therefore be a problem for such couples. He seems to be on a sticky wicket today and is stonewalling against everything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish his imagination as a constructive statesman was equal to his capacity for stonewalling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that universities have been stonewalling against the technical colleges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have written to it about many of these matters and have received only stonewalling answers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot remember ever having signed or received so palpable an example of stonewalling as the letter we have just received. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But to say outright that he cannot do anything is just stonewalling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What chance is one likely to have against a stonewalling operation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of stonewalling or of trying to hide behind anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She put up a brilliant piece of stonewalling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This stonewalling hardly contributes to settling what is an extremely worrying issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nothing but stonewalling and it gets us nowhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those years we have seen some excellent officers—excellent at stonewalling, at remarkable revelations and, sometimes, at confessions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although it is not relevant to the debate, stonewalling, which was in the original grant, is academic if fencing is cheaper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。